Journal article
Teaching Strategies to Reduce Test Anxiety among MSW Students Preparing for Licensure
Journal of teaching in social work, Vol.43(2), pp.226-238
04/01/2023
DOI: 10.1080/08841233.2023.2170116
Abstract
Many students report increasing test anxiety in the months before taking the national social work licensure exam. We evaluate whether adding a test-anxiety-reduction module to an online exam preparation course reduces MSW students' test anxiety. A non-equivalent pretest-posttest control-group design was used to compare 42 students who did not participate in the course (Group 1), 16 students who enrolled in the course and completed the test-taking strategies module only (Group 2), and 15 students who enrolled in the course and completed both the test-taking strategies module and the new test-anxiety-reduction module (Group 3) on test anxiety. The post-hoc comparison analysis showed Group 3 differed from Group 1: students who completed the test-taking and test-anxiety-reduction modules experienced a greater reduction in test anxiety than students who did not enroll in the course. The other comparison tests were not statistically significant (Group 1 v. Group 2; Group 2 v. Group 3). Preparing students for the licensure exam by teaching both modules - test-taking and anxiety-reduction strategies - appears to benefit MSW students, with modest costs - in time and money - for social work programs.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Teaching Strategies to Reduce Test Anxiety among MSW Students Preparing for Licensure
- Creators
- Carol Coohey - University of IowaMiriam J. Landsman - University of IowaStephen P. Cummings - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of teaching in social work, Vol.43(2), pp.226-238
- DOI
- 10.1080/08841233.2023.2170116
- ISSN
- 0884-1233
- eISSN
- 1540-7349
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/01/2023
- Academic Unit
- School of Social Work; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984378332902771
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